User talk:Taosein
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Three Questions
[edit]Thanks for asking. You can create documents on Wikipedia or in another software, like a text file or Word document. There are people that do both and neither is better than the other. It's really just user preference. I like doing it on Wikipedia (in the browser) because I can hit "Show Preview" (which you should generally do before saving to make sure it will look like you expected) and see what it looks like. Doing it in Word or something isn't as easy to do that. Also, since I use Firefox, I have a built in spell-checker, but you may not if you use another browser, so Word may help for that. I sometimes use Windows Notepad when I was to Find and Replace (CTRL-H in Notepad) many items, so I'll cut and paste things back in. As for creating all at once or not, it's up to you. You have an endless sandbox under your username now that you can create "temp" pages while you work on it (see Wikipedia:User page). But you can create "temp" pages as the real article, as long as they are clearly worthy of the article, and then you, and others, will be able to work on it to get it to a Featured article.
I'm not sure what you meant by "check for answers to this type of comment", but the watchlist is the best tool for keeping check of articles or other things you are interested in. You can control what is on there easily, there's no limit (that I know of) to the items you can have on there and I use it as my starting page to get into Wikipedia -- that is, it's my bookmark. Messages that folks leave for you here will automatically give you the Yellow/Orange "New Message" bar on your screen. It's a good idea to add any article you create or you want to adopt, but don't ever feel like you "own" an article, because no one owns an article. If you meant how to check for a reply to the message you left me, then yes, watchlist is it. Some people will reply to messages you leave them on their page, and others will reply on your page, as I have done. Some people will state at the top of their user talk page which way they like, but it's not required.
You should only put {{helpme}} on talk pages, and you should leave a note as to what you want help with. I've used it a few times and help usually comes within a few minutes. This "special" helpme is what's called a Template. These are special pages that do different things, but generally allow the inclusion of a standard set of words or items into a page, without having to re-type it over and over. There are thousands of them, but don't worry about trying to learn them all, just find ones you find useful when you need them and you'll be fine. The {{}} are special code for Wikipedia telling it to take the name inside as a template and include it into that page. They mean something different than the normal square double brackets you put around "Wikilinks." These are used to link to another place in Wikipedia. For example, if in an article or elsewhere I wanted to put a link to the article Fifth Down, I would type [[Fifth Down]] and when it shows the page, it will put a link to that article in there. If you want to link to a website other than Wikipedia, you would put it in single brackets, such as [http://www.google.com/ Google] which looks like: Google (like you did on your userpage. But these aren't needed for Wikipedia links and Wikipedia links this way are especially discouraged in articles). There is an IRC channel available for help to, if you want more direct, immediate or interactive help.
Don't be afraid to edit the articles! Be bold and make your change unless it could be really controversial. But small edits like spell checking or re-phrasing things are fine. You don't have to hideout on the talk pages. Good luck, and if I can help you more or clarify anything I just talked about, please feel free to ask me on my talk page or at the friendly Wikipedia:Helpdesk. --MECU≈talk 21:04, 18 December 2006 (UTC)
Employee survey
[edit]Hi Soltera,
In regards to the Employee survey article, I'm a bit confused. In the history of the article, I can see your grammatical improvements (and they certainly are improvements!) in this edit: [1]. Afterwards, and up to my reversion, the only changes made to the article were the addition of some promotional text and links (spam) - see [2]. I don't see any changes to your wording at any point after your edit.
Please, by all means, feel free to continue improving the article. If you feel up to it, try to find some sources for the content in the article. Although there are some external links present, what the article really needs are proper citations from reliable sources for the text of the article.
Thank you for your contributions, and please let me know if you have any other questions or just need some help. --AbsolutDan (talk) 00:53, 9 January 2007 (UTC)
- No prob! Again if you need help let me know. Cheers! --AbsolutDan (talk) 00:54, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
Should I create a disambiguation page?
[edit]While at the page about novelist Randy Alcorn, a click on the novel "Dominion" takes you the author Matthew Scully, who also wrote a novel by that name.
I've read the disambiguation help page for wiki, but don't see any way to fix this besides creating a disambiguation page. Realistically, I think that's beyond me still, as I'm just learning to get around in this world.
Should I retreat, giggling, to my talk page and type a "help me" (as I have done)? I'm internet and computer literate, but the codes and all are quite daunting. 4 tildes after a comment is about as far as I'm going to get for a while, but I want to write the article about Alcorn's novel "Safely Home", and would like to clean up glitches as I go. A million thanks for your help. 18:49, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Hello, First the page Dominion (disambiguation) already excists so there is no need to create it. As for the link that you refered to that takes you to Matthew Scullys article the link is Dominion (book) not Dominion. Now the Dominion (disambiguation) page doesn't have a link to Dominion (book) however, since the link is a redirect to the books authors page I wouldn't recommend added it just yet. What I would recommend you to do, if you like, is to create the page Dominion (book) and then add the link to the disambig page. Please let me know if I can be of anymore help of if i didn't answer your question in the first place.— WilsBadKarma (Talk/Contribs) 19:08, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
- That really is the point, you would be shocked at how many articles I have created simply because I know that I'm the first person to realize that the article needed to be there, and how much I have learned by creating these pages. — WilsBadKarma (Talk/Contribs) 22:16, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
Stable bandage
[edit]Hey, I noticed your note on the discussion page of stable bandage. I agree that it would be nice to have a section on "how to wrap the legs," but I'd like to note (having written a "how to braid" section, before having it promptly deleted), that Wikipedia is not a "how to" manual. So, you would not be able to, for example, put it in a numbered, step-by-step form. However, it is still possible to condense the main points about bandaging into a paragraph form.
Glad to have another "horsie" member. I've written a lot of the equestrian & horse-related articles on here so far, along with Montanabw, so it will be nice to have another contributer with a different perspective and background, and hopefully someone who can catch any errors :) I saw on your profile you have done some h/j stuff. It would be WONDERFUL for you to add to what is there (as I have had limited experience in the hunter world). Also, feel free to add material about the gaited world. Its lacking considerably, so you shouldnt have too much trouble improving on it. Eventer
Horse gait
[edit]Years ago you contributed to Horse gait; I have been working on several related pages and would welcome your help. See Talk:Horse gait#Group gaits. Thanks. --Una Smith (talk) 02:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)